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Or just put that into a batch file, or a shortcut where that's what you put in the Target field.

If you have APG, the alternate form of Desolid might work too.

And restructuring byes so there's a bye in every week from 1 to 17...there are no TNF games in week 18...is seriously problematic to the teams stuck with super-early or super-late byes. TNF is in itself a problem, I'll concede that. But it doesn't explain the utterly putrid play the last 2 games. Even if we just took TNFs, played in good weather, since the inception...where would these 2 rank, among the worst of the worst? WAY up (or down, if you prefer) there. I think it's broader than TNF. I think the quality of play is *seriously* down. The bottom half of the league is TERRIBLE. Why? Some or all of: --coaching changes left, right and sideways, combined with free agency: consistency is almost impossible. The players are still having to actively think instead of react/use muscle memory. --lack of work on fundamentals? EXCESSIVELY large playbooks leading to lower familiarity with what's in there? --related to that: offenses that are so bloody freaking complicated that they're impossible to run. Combine this with the compulsion to draft a QB in the first round, meaning the team will HAVE to rush him into the lineup quickly --injuries? --coaches loving genius calls and plays --horrific use of analytics...generally a very shallow, surface approach.

<punches the button...starting the multiple ceiling fans to whirl...while shedding the sheathes on all the sword blades...> Raise your hand if you saw the NLCS as Phillies-Padres... Oh the opportunities for a time machine, and 3 $100 bets...Padres in WS, Phillies in WS, Padres-Phillies NLCS...made at the start of the season.

Another one bites the dust Another one bites the dust And another one gone, another one gone, Another one bites the dust! USC 42-35. Utah has a nice drive for a TD. Coach elects to go for 2...which given the game, is quite sensible, as the offenses have been the superior units. Play opens up to be a QB draw...to the score to take the lead with 43 seconds left. USC can't move it enough to get into range. UTAH!! wins. 4th top 10 team to fall this week, altho 2 of em lost to other top 10 teams. 4 other top 25's fell as well. Trick or treating starts mid-month this year...

WALKOFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cleveland down 5-3, bottom of the 9th. Get a run in, get the bases loaded. 1-2 on the batter. Ball up the middle. PASSES THE PITCHING MOUND. Splits 2nd and short. 1 run is in. Takes its sweet time getting to the center fielder. 2 runs in!!! WALK IT OFF!!! CLEVELAND WINS to take a 2-1 lead. In Guardians style. SMALL BALL. 5 hits, don't think any of em would've counted as hard-hit balls.

We are seeing the compelling reason why we really, REALLY want to keep the runner on 2nd in extra innings in the regular season.... The DODGER game has started, and Seattle-Houston's still going. Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh just as I write that.... Astros get a solo dinger to go up 1-0 in the top of the 18th... If that's the final score, this has to be the most crushing (for Seattle) and misleading 3 game sweep *EVER.*

OH MY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bama misses a long FG with 15 seconds left. Tenn completes 2 long passes, getting down on the ground to stop the clock (first down) with 2 seconds left. Kicker catches it kinda fat and it's knuckling...but holding...and going...and going...AND GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 52-49 TENNESSEE!!! DOWN GOES BAMA!!! DOWN GOES BAMA!!!

Yeah, put that on the TV. 28-10 (!!!!) right now; Bama player thought he saw the ball hit a teammate on a punt return. He tried to grab it, and in classic greased-pig fashion, it slipped right through. Tenn recovers, briskly punches it in. Saban's going "WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING!!!!" If this stands up, then Bama *has* to beat Ole Miss; losing to them would be a 2nd loss, and mean they've got no real shot in their division. If they win, and win out, they make it to the SEC title game, against Georgia or Tennessee. They'd have to win that. That'd be the win that would put them back in the top 4. Any other path, and I don't see it. 2 losses, and 2 very unimpressive results, does not make a top 4 team. Particularly since Michigan and Ohio State are making strong cases. Michigan cleaned up the mistakes and rolled #10 Penn State; Ohio State's risen to #1 at a point when that's reasonably meaningful. Georgia and Tennessee are also making strong cases. Clemson and USC would be the other 2 in the mix right now; the question may be the perception of their respective conferences. OK, I'll stop now. It's only mid-October, harping too long on this is like playing Christmas music before Halloween....

Thus speaks the lord of the dark, no less.....

HEY DEADHEAD!!!! WHAT THE HECK!!! is going on with your team? ANTHRACITE uniforms? I even like the color, but it's gotta be in the right design. And perhaps the clock struck midnight on Kansas...? Mostly watching Mich-Penn St. Michigan's smoking them...mostly. But 4th and goal 3 times...3 FGs. A funky, batted pass turned into a pick 6. A beautiful fake led to a 60+ yard run by the QB to set up a TD. Michigan's overwhelming on the stat sheet but up only 16-14 at half.

Would you care to expand this into a position, rather than a sound nybble?

Not quite that many, but we don't have a Senate race. --Governor: some, but not many. This has largely been TV ads, mostly subsidized by the national Governor's PACs --House: a few more, but again, mostly TV ads, heavily subsidized by the national Congressional PACs --State hous: TONS. ALLLL of them, I think, smears against the Democratic incumbent. I actually had to look up the name just now of the Republican...it's been brought up THAT rarely. This might well be a relatively non-competitive race, tho, or at least one the Republicans have little expectation to win.

I missed this...from ESPN, Tuesday: Hockey Canada announced the resignation of chief executive officer Scott Smith on Tuesday amid major leadership changes that include the federation's entire board of directors stepping down. New board's expected before Christmas.

It's still a good idea. Polls still think the Dems will hold onto the Senate. There are races where the extreme Trumpers are not doing well. Locally, in the governor's race, the Republican attack ads have gotten more vicious and more personal...which generally suggests, their boy's losing. And inflation's an obvious, unfortunate issue that's very easy to sell. Fortunately, this extended nightmare will end soon. Let's just hope a far graver one doesn't take its place.

That's precisely the comment made in the Pulse this morning from The Athletic. But Amazon's got a long-term deal for some pretty serious bucks, so I don't see it going away. That said...it's probably not quantifiable, but I think we have to say, games like those damage the NFL brand. This is 3 *horrifically* bad TNFs in a row...counting the Tua injury that became the biggest PR nightmare in quite a while. And it's repeated "body blows" in rapid succession. And let's not forget the 2 horrible roughing calls...one of which was an MNF. More blows. The NFL is having a very bad year so far.

But they do go flat when kept around too long...

On the Mall. WAY down, almost to Broadway. Bunch of standard taps but I believe a rotation of local ones...which, considering the number and quality of the breweries around that area, means you won't get bored. The Mall's got all kinds of places to eat. One of my "if I win the Power Ball" scenarios would be to get a condo or loft down there...but it's probably just as well I don't, cuz that would probably blow my limited insulin control out of the water. A similar picture would be to do that in Vegas, but while I love the restaurants, the people hanging out on the Strip are...less genteel, shall we say. And while the 16th St Mall is busy...the Strip is a bloody MADHOUSE.

Oh my gosh.... Figured what the hey, watch the tail end. Commanders miss a 48 yard FG that would've made it 8. Happens. Bears get the ball. Commanders rush 3 and drop deep...against a QB whose greatest asset is running. He cuts up, jukes, dodges, open field, down to the 5, with LOTS of time left. What the Bears do BADLY is pass, you don't need to run that kind of defense. Fields can't get the rest of em but there were 2 fairly close calls for Washington. EDIT: 3rd game this season where the winning team scored 12 or less.

I have scrupulously avoided watching...only checked the score twice. Yeah, while one would love to rail and fume "THIS IS THE WORST PERFORMANCE"....you kind of run out of steam if you can only say, ".....since last week...." Oh, I see. Bears borrowed from the Bronco playbook. Throw a pick at 2nd and goal on the 5; fail to score from 1st and goal at the 3. And a special teams muffed punt, giving the ball to Washington at the 6. My gosh. Just how many teams deserve the McKay Treatment? You know the line. “What did you think of your team’s execution, Coach?” The answer: “I’m in favor of it.” The league has to be worried they're putting out this much AWFUL football on the national stage.

Oh my. Did we vote Dan Snyder as the worst owner out there already? If we didn't, should we reconsider? https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/34778123/washington-commanders-owner-dan-snyder-claims-dirt-nfl-owners-roger-goodell It's a long and rather ugly story.

If the GOP takes the House, they'll probably try to impeach Biden, out of spite. Honestly, if they do get the House and Senate, disbanding the Jan. 6th committee will be among the *minor* impacts. If they only get the House, it's just likely to be 2 years of complete gridlock. SNAFU.

You wouldn't care to share the source of this delectableness, would you? (It reminds me of the burgers at 5280 Burger Bar in downtown Denver, but they don't name their burgers that way. But they were wonderful. Think I hit them 3 times during the 2018 GABF.)

Ryan McGee writes ESPN's Bottom 10. He likes to lampoon an underperforming Power 5 team, by putting them at #5. One can likely guess who got that spot this week. Of course, the #1 spot can only go to the last perfect team standing. The first "play-in" game of the year is coming up. #3 Bama vs. #6 Tennessee. Both teams can use a validating win, and this one would put them on a good track for the CFP. If UT can win this one, they can probably lose to Georgia later on. If Bama wins, they've still got both Mississippi teams in their division.

Reading power rankings this week from NFL.com. For the Broncos...dropped from #16 to #23, the lead sentence: It's not too early to panic. DUH.... Hmm...Yankees game, scheduled for tonight, already postponed, rain. Well ok, what's TNF? Washington-Chicago?????? This bodes to be only slightly less ugly than Colts-Broncos...and by power ranking, it's the Toilet Bowl Game of the Year so far. They're 29th and 30th this week. It might get superseded later on; Carolina has Denver, Pittsburgh, and Detroit later on.